Auctions The First Auction of Late Billionaire Heidi Horten’s Controversial Jewelry Proves Wildly Successful, Raking in $156 Million A late-breaking revelation that Horten's husband ‘profited from the situation’ of Jewish department store owners starting in 1936 did not hamper bidding. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2023
Market The Warhol Self-Portrait That Inspired the Remorseful Book ‘I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)’ Is Hitting the Auction Block Again Phillips is offering the storied work on behalf of a Finnish collector. By Katya Kazakina, May 11, 2023
Art Fairs Here Is Your Go-To Guide to the Next Two Weeks of Art Fairs in New York Buckle up, it's going to be a busy month. By Artnet News, May 11, 2023
Artnet News Pro From a Rare Klimt Still Life to a Paradoxical Magritte, Here’s Our Insider’s Guide to the Key Lots of New York’s $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions The market may be off its peak but liquidating single-owner collections mean there's no shortage of trophy lots and rare gems this season. By Eileen Kinsella, May 11, 2023
The Gray Market Why Should Artists Care About the Writers’ Strike? Because They Work Under the Same Global Pressures Our columnist unearths the hidden parallels between the Writers Guild of America’s walkout and the average artist’s plight. By Tim Schneider, May 10, 2023
Art Fairs Long Thought Lost, a Pair of Art Deco Murals That Once Hung in the Empire State Building Will Resurface at TEFAF The works by Winold Reiss were rediscovered by a gallerist on 1stDibs. By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2023
NFTs The Quilters of Gee’s Bend Head to the Blockchain, Collaborating With a Young Generative Artist on a Series of NFTs The project will go live on May 17 on Arsnl. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2023
Auctions Two Jars Bought for $25 at a Thrift Store Turn Out to Be Qing Dynasty Treasures That Could Fetch $63,000 at Auction The seller has pledged to donate a portion of the sale to the charity shop from which they bought the objects. By Richard Whiddington, May 10, 2023
NFTs An Artist Asked ChatGPT How to Make a Popular Memecoin. The Result Is ‘TurboToad,’ and People Are Betting Millions of Dollars on It Rhett Mankind began the project as a lark. By Ben Davis, May 9, 2023
Galleries Why Do Artists Love the Dealer Charles Moffett So Much? For Starters, ‘He Keeps His Word.’ (Also, He Offers Healthcare) As the gallery celebrates five years in business and expands, artists tell us what sets him apart. By Eileen Kinsella, May 9, 2023
Art Fairs Taipei Dangdai Returns to Its First Full-Scale Edition Since 2020, With a Fresh Crop of Galleries Catching Up With an Active Younger Crowd of Buyers Thirty first-time exhibitors are hoping to build relationships with Taiwanese collectors. By Vivienne Chow, May 9, 2023
Auctions Here’s Your Go-To Guide to the Biggest New York Art Auctions in May 2023 Four major auction houses host 20 sales from May 9 through May 19. By Artnet News, May 8, 2023
The Art Detective Revealed: The Mystery Consignors to New York’s $1.3 Billion Spring Auctions, From a Storied Mega-Dealer to the Founder of Cirque de Soleil Who is liquidating art in this season's spring sales? The answers might surprise you (or not). By Katya Kazakina, May 5, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Will May Go the Market’s Way? This week: a temperature check before May’s market mania, the museum director carousel keeps spinning, anxiety in the antiquities market, and much more. By Artnet News, May 5, 2023
Wet Paint The Game of Museum-Director Musical Chairs Heats Up, Leo Fitzpatrick’s Gallery Is Closing Shop, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, how does Lucy Bull get rid of her back pain from painting? Where did all the art stars wind up after the Met Gala? By Annie Armstrong, May 4, 2023
